Skokie teen shot, killed in Rogers Park

Chicago police conduct an investigation on Juneway Terrace in Rogers Park, where a man with multilple gunshot wounds was found dead on a sidewalk. (WGN TV)

A 15-year-old boy from Skokie was found dead on the sidewalk after being shot in the body "several" times in the Rogers Park neighborhood, authorities said.

The victim was found on the ground in the 1800 block of Juneway Terrace about 10:45 p.m., police said. He was identified this afternoon as Anton Sanders, 15, of the 4200 block of Golf Road in Skokie, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

A citizen spotted someone in the alley on Juneway Terrace and after going closer, found that the person was unresponsive and called 911, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.

Police found the victim had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and he was taken to an area hospital, where he was declared dead.

Dante Simmons, 33, who lived in the 1600 block of Juneway Terrace, was considered a suspect in the slaying, according to the Evanston Police Department, which had been called to the scene, at the corner of Chicago Avenue and Juneway, because of a report of shots bring fired.

Simmons, who police also believe was involved in a shooting that killed a man at a River North Walgreens Saturday night, was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot in an Evanston alley this morning.

Chicago Police issued a statement this afternoon that said Simmons was a suspect in the Walgreens' shooting, but did not confirm Simmons was a suspect in Sanders' homicide.

"Any connection between this subject and any other open homicide investigation has not been determined or verified at this time ... detectives are continuing their investigation," Chicago Police News Affairs said in a news release.